Courtney Dauwalter Will Take Another Shot at the Olympic Trials Standard at CIM

The ultrarunner finished 1:55 outside the 2:37:00 women’s standard in Sacramento last December, and she lines up there again on Dec. 6 with a place at the 2028 Trials in St. Louis on the line.

Elite Runners

Washington High School Girls Walk Off a Cross-Country Course to Protest a Transgender Teammate

About half of Camas High School’s girls team stepped off the course and forfeited on Tuesday. The runner they object to started the season in boys’ races, and a Nov. 3 ballot measure would end her eligibility, though not until after the state championships.

Race Coverage

Two Former Champions Lead the Fields at the 2026 Delhi Half Marathon

Birhanu Legese, who won in 2015 and 2017, is going for a third title on Sunday. Irine Cheptai, the 2022 winner, comes back seven weeks after finishing second at the Sydney Marathon.

Race Coverage

A Runner’s $5,748 Chicago Marathon Bill Shows the Real Cost of a Major

A running coach’s itemized list of what he spent on the Chicago Marathon went viral this week. The $266 entry fee was less than 5 percent of it, while flights, an Airbnb and getting around the city came to almost half.

Runner’s Stories

Mile Zero by Zappos: Chicago 2026 with Keira D’Amato & Tanya Hvizdak

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Toronto Waterfront Marathon Pace Calculator: Your Km-by-Km Race Plan

Enter your goal and corral, and get a pace for every kilometer of Toronto’s waterfront course, built from the splits of nearly 7,000 finishers and adjusted for race-day weather.

Michael Doyle

TWM course
Marathon Handbook 1

Can Carbs Make You More Durable? How Fueling Shapes Late-Race Performance

Three new studies show carbs can help preserve your durability, but grams eaten, fuel burned, and performance preserved aren’t the same thing.

Run Long Run Healthy

Marathon Handbook 2

George Scholey Claims the Rubik’s Cube Mile Record in Toronto

The British speedcuber solved four cubes and ran 5:09.25, a time he is now preparing to submit to Guinness World Records for review.

Runner’s Stories

Marathon Handbook 3

Your Ultimate Guide To the 2026 Amsterdam Marathon

Geofry Kipchumba returns to defend the fastest marathon ever run on Dutch soil, and organizers have painted a blue racing line through the corners to help him go quicker. Here are the start times, how to watch and track runners, the forecast and the elite fields.

Race Coverage

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